# Deploying FlatRender (Gitea CI/CD → 171.22.25.73, behind mirror-nginx)

Push to **Gitea** triggers `.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yml`: a frontend `tsc` check, then a
self-hosted `deploy` job that builds the whole compose stack and brings it up. The
existing central **mirror-nginx** (owns 80/443, manual TLS certs) reverse-proxies the
three public domains to FlatRender's host ports — FlatRender does **not** run Caddy here.
GitHub (`origin`) stays a backup and never deploys.

Stack: gateway · identity · content · studio (.NET/Go) · file · render · notification
(Go) · Next.js frontend · Postgres · MinIO. All package installs route through
`mirror.soroushasadi.com` (Nexus).

```
                      mirror-nginx (:443, /etc/ssl/flatrender)
  flatrender.ir         → 171.22.25.73:1600  (fr2-frontend)
  api.flatrender.ir     → 171.22.25.73:1605  (fr2-gateway)
  storage.flatrender.ir → 171.22.25.73:1610  (fr2-minio)
```

## One-time setup (do these BEFORE the first `git push gitea master`)

1. **DNS** — three A-records → server IP: `flatrender.ir`, `api.flatrender.ir`,
   `storage.flatrender.ir` (+ optional `www`).
2. **TLS cert** — place a cert covering all three names at
   `/etc/ssl/flatrender/fullchain.pem` + `/etc/ssl/flatrender/privateKey.pem`
   (wildcard `*.flatrender.ir` + apex, or a SAN cert — your usual issuance process).
3. **mirror-nginx** — add the server blocks from [`mirror-nginx-flatrender.conf`](./mirror-nginx-flatrender.conf)
   to the proxy's `http{}` block, then:
   `docker exec mirror-nginx nginx -t && docker exec mirror-nginx nginx -s reload`.
   (Do this after the first deploy is up, or it'll 502 until the ports are live.)
4. **ENV_FILE secret** — at `…/soroushdes/flatrender/settings/secrets`, create `ENV_FILE`
   from [`ENV_FILE.production.example`](./ENV_FILE.production.example) (already filled for
   flatrender.ir; generate each secret with `openssl rand -hex 32`).
5. **Gitea Actions** enabled for this repo; act_runner has the `self-hosted:host` label
   (the standard box already has this). daemon.json already mirrors Docker Hub via Nexus.

## Go live

```bash
git push gitea master      # triggers CI + deploy
```

Watch `https://git.soroushasadi.com/soroushdes/flatrender/actions`. First run ~15–25 min
(cold Nexus cache + all images build). When the deploy is green, add/reload the nginx
blocks (step 3) and visit `https://flatrender.ir`.

## Host ports (must be free on 171.22.25.73)

`1600` frontend · `1605` gateway · `1610` MinIO · `1611` MinIO console. Postgres (5432)
and render (5010) bind to `127.0.0.1` only. Avoid `:3000` (Gitea), `:8081-8083` (Nexus),
`:1500/1505/1520` (bargevasat), `:3010/3101-3103/5080/5081` (meezi), `:3020`, `:2569`.
Change them via `FRONTEND_PORT`/`GATEWAY_PORT`/`MINIO_PORT` in the secret if any collide.

## First-run notes

- **Migrations** auto-run once via `scripts/init-db.sh` when the Postgres volume is first
  created. Later schema changes are applied manually with `psql` (the volume persists).
- **Rendering** — no After Effects node on the server, so `RENDER_DEV_WORKER=false`.
  Disable rendering in **Admin → فارم رندر → موتور رندر** so users see an "unavailable"
  notice instead of jobs that never finish. Point real render nodes at the server later.
- **MinIO public URLs** — verify an uploaded image + a render download resolve over
  `https://storage.flatrender.ir`. If not, recheck `MINIO_HOST_ENDPOINT` /
  `MINIO_HOST_USE_SSL` / `NEXT_PUBLIC_MINIO_URL` in the secret and redeploy.

## Redeploy / rotate secrets

Edit `ENV_FILE` in Gitea (or push any commit) → the deploy re-runs. It backs up the DB to
`/opt/flatrender-backups/` before each deploy and never runs `docker compose down -v`.
Changing a `NEXT_PUBLIC_*` value only takes effect after the redeploy (baked at build).
